The Biome resource list above was complied specifically to provide differentiated resources to the Grade 5 students who have varied reading abilities. The classroom teacher and the library media specialist determined that there was a shortage of research materials for students reading at the lower lexile levels. The magazines and books with lexiles levels between 790 and 830 were acquired to close the gap. The most recent acquisitions had publications dates of 2007. These materials were purchased this fall specifically to offer materials with lower lexile levels to students who aren't reading on grade level.
Collaboration Rubric
For Library Media Specialist (LMS) and Classroom Teacher
The Final Project for this class allowed the Library Media Specialist to participate in a Level 5 Interaction with the Classroom Teacher. Please refer to the Collaboration Rubric for explanation. This Collaboration Rubric was first created by the Londonderry, NH School District - under the direction of Susan Ballard. Ms. Ballard is now president of the American Association of School Libraries (AASL)
video record the students reading their current event news related to their biomes
demonstrate how "Works Cited" bibliography pages can be hyperlinked to Power Point Slide
organize a collection of biome photos to display on an interactive whiteboard to use as a backdrop for the taped current event video segments.
compile all Power Point Slides into a long presentation and save in a format that can be shared with the school community
Classroom Teacher will:
begin the unit by matching students with one of seven biomes
provide instruction in writing guiding questions for research and current event segment
Current Event Essential Questions:
What current events have been taking place in your biome?
Who is a person/people/organization that is having an effect on your biome?
What effect are they having?
provide instruction in creating bibliographies - explaining the MLA format
provide instruction in creating webs
plan additional activities and lessons within biome unit that link to skills across at least two additional content areas. (Ex. Write a biome poem for a Language Arts activity)
LMS and Classroom Teacher will:
create a checklist of good communication skills that should be present in the Current Events video that will be embedded into the Power Point slides
Biomes Resources
The Biome resource list above was complied specifically to provide differentiated resources to the Grade 5 students who have varied reading abilities. The classroom teacher and the library media specialist determined that there was a shortage of research materials for students reading at the lower lexile levels. The magazines and books with lexiles levels between 790 and 830 were acquired to close the gap. The most recent acquisitions had publications dates of 2007. These materials were purchased this fall specifically to offer materials with lower lexile levels to students who aren't reading on grade level.
Collaboration Rubric
For Library Media Specialist (LMS) and Classroom Teacher
The Final Project for this class allowed the Library Media Specialist to participate in a Level 5 Interaction with the Classroom Teacher. Please refer to the Collaboration Rubric for explanation. This Collaboration Rubric was first created by the Londonderry, NH School District - under the direction of Susan Ballard. Ms. Ballard is now president of the American Association of School Libraries (AASL)
NETS FOR STUDENTS and Brief Outline
Library Media Specialist will:
Classroom Teacher will:
LMS and Classroom Teacher will:
REFLECTION PAPER
Reflection paper Audio